Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: “The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. The Center conducts research and analysis to inform public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that the needs of low-income families and individuals are considered in these debates. We also develop policy options to alleviate poverty, particularly among working families.”

Global Perspectives - The Citizen's Handbook: A Guide to Building Community:  This handbook by the Vancouver Citizen’s Committee is a guide to community organizing, and includes activities, articles, case studies, a bibliography and links to other sites devoted to community development and citizen involvement.

To access the website, click here: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/.

Families USA : “Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.” Activities include “managing a grassroots advocates' network of organizations and individuals working for the consumer perspective in national and state health policy debates.”

MOTHERS: Mothers Ought to Have Equal Rights: “MOTHERS is a grassroots, diverse network of mothers, fathers, grandparents and other adults who are family caregivers. We are coming together to promote the economic, social and political worth and importance of family child and dependent care. We are bringing together a coalition of individuals and organizations to improve the economic security of those who do caring work.”